On June 21, the 3rd CIVC (China Intelligent Vehicle Championship) hosted by CATARC (China Automotive Technology & Research Center Co. Ltd) and CAAI (Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence) came to a close. Tianjin University’s team of Control Theory and Applications organized and guided by Prof. Zuo Zhiqiang from the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, won three first prizes, one second prize, and one third prize, ranking the first among all participating teams.
In the context of epidemic prevention and control as well as work resumption, this competition innovated the competition system and for the first time adopted the China-made autonomous driving simulation software “PanoSim” as the competition simulation platform. The cloud simulation platform supports online submission, real-time ruling and feedback.
The competition was conducted in conjunction with the World Intelligent Driving Challenge (WIDC), and the best teams were selected for the WIDC. Since its launch on April 27th, CIVC has attracted 92 teams from all over the world, including the Wayne State University, the University of Tokyo, Jilin University, Tongji University, Beihang University, Hefei University of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other domestic and foreign teams to participate.
The competition is divided into decision control group and perception decision-making group. The former includes safe avoidance of collision (radar), automatic parking and saucer racing. The perception decision control components are safety collision avoidance (camera) and highway automatic driving. The members of “TianJi Intelligent Platoon of TJU”, coming from the team of Control Theory and Applications, excelled in perception, planning, and control and were qualified for the WIDC finals.
In the finals, the team members eventually won three first prizes, one second prize, and one third prize, creating the best results since TJU joined the competition.
For many years, the Control Theory and Applications research group of the School of Electrical and Information Engineering of Tianjin University has always been facing the major national development needs. The group’s researches involve many frontier fields including unmanned driving, quadcopter, collaborative control and optimal scheduling of energy system, etc., and has established multiple experimental platforms such as internet of vehicles, air-ground and DC micro-grid, etc. It has continuously consolidated basic theoretical knowledge, strived to enhance innovative and practical ability, and trained a batch of outstanding students.
